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Testing, testing one two three!
Jan. 29th, 2012 04:05 pmTesting week, testing week! We just had testing week, and I have a bright and shiny new list of students who I can work with! There are a lot of first graders. A lot of first graders. Oh dear.
The person in charge of data entry used to be in Reading Corps, just like I am now. I basically ended up haunting her office to get my data, and she said to me, bemused, "When I was in Reading Corps I wanted the scores too, but I could barely bring myself to ask for them."
Which surprised me, because she seemed to me such a self-confident person - and, while I'm self-confident in some things, asking for favors isn't one of them. But this isn't really a favor. I need these scores; it's not like I'm asking for something special.
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One thing I worried about, before I started my job, was that all my students would be as dumb as rocks and I would eventually explode from exasperation.
But this hasn't been a problem. There are a couple who I would wager are, in fact, as dumb as rocks, but it turns out I'm more patient than I thought. And nothing's set in stone at this stage; some of them are just late bloomers. One of my former students has surged ahead to become one of the best readers in her class - still not the fastest; but she reads and reads and reads, and speed will come in time.
The person in charge of data entry used to be in Reading Corps, just like I am now. I basically ended up haunting her office to get my data, and she said to me, bemused, "When I was in Reading Corps I wanted the scores too, but I could barely bring myself to ask for them."
Which surprised me, because she seemed to me such a self-confident person - and, while I'm self-confident in some things, asking for favors isn't one of them. But this isn't really a favor. I need these scores; it's not like I'm asking for something special.
***
One thing I worried about, before I started my job, was that all my students would be as dumb as rocks and I would eventually explode from exasperation.
But this hasn't been a problem. There are a couple who I would wager are, in fact, as dumb as rocks, but it turns out I'm more patient than I thought. And nothing's set in stone at this stage; some of them are just late bloomers. One of my former students has surged ahead to become one of the best readers in her class - still not the fastest; but she reads and reads and reads, and speed will come in time.
